i am currently flying a 7.1 free air. I learnt kiting with this one and got 2 bigger skoops this summer.
i m about to replace my 7.1, and even though i know that low aspect kites are better for that size, i m having second thoughts.

depends on the wind.
IMO a small toro's not good for gusty conditions.
here in germany, you're much more comfortable with a kite with big depower and flat profile, like the skoop or airblast.

even the high ar kitelines have really low ar's in these sizes. problems like stalling or relaunch are no problem in conditions where you rig less than 10 meter kites.
but you gotta handle this kite, you mustnt make mistakes with such a fast kite. . .

It seems that illy is trying to get away from the AB 6.3 (and rightfully so). I've had Toro 8 and F-One Mach1 9.1. Stick with mid AR small kites, like the Toro. I guess the Hydro must be similar, although never tried it.
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the smaller the kite the faster it will be.
If it is a big kite, you want it fast, but if you have a smaller kite, you don't want it fast, since it is already very fast.
So the smaller kite doesn't need a high AR to be faster.
A Toro, Aero, Hydro.. will do a good job, unless you want it to be really fast!

I prefer a kite not too fast, since if I want to do tricks with an X2 8.0 and I pull a bit too much on one side, i get warp sped until my rips hit the water. Don't like that too much...

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